MCU Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 16 minutes ago, Rustibrooks said: This sounds crazy, but I’m considering making a last minute trip up from London to watch this game. I’ve seen there’s still a fair few tickets available and my missus wants to watch a game with me. Thing is even she said I don’t know if we should travel so far to watch us maybe get battered . Go for it. You’ll get to see Man City at their absolute best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gompedyret Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 I'm seriously scared of this going into double digits. City wants to top Liverpool doing 9 and Villa is tragically there for the taking, big time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul33 Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 I'm seeing 1-3 Villa right here ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roonst83 Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 This has all the feelings of that dreaded day a couple of seasons ago when Danny Drinkwater made his horror show debut. The whole club seems to be lacking confidence and belief ion themselves, from the manager and channeled through the players. And we've got such a weak mentality at the moment too. I'm expecting a battering to be honest. Haarland will just destroy us. I usually have more faith in a better performance playing these at home rather than away. But this isn't the case this weekend. At best I'm hopeful of a decent performance to build some degree of confidence, but it all feels like it's gone too far right now and until we lose the manager I can't see anything improving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted September 2, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 2, 2022 Cant imagine haaland getting anything out of his battle with konsa! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 They'll be resting players or taking them off early once the game is won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bielesibub Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 2 minutes ago, sne said: They'll be resting players or taking them off early once the game is won. I can see it now, after scoring 7 goals Haaland will be substituted in the 21st minute so he can have a rest for the Champions League. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Other when there was no fans we seem to constantly have an inferiority complex against the scum 6. I can't actually remember going to a game at Villa Park with crowds in which we beat one of these lot. We did beat Chelsea with 10,000 in but I couldn't get a ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calcifer Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 I think if Gerrard continues with this formation with McGinn and Ramsey in midfield , City will walk through our midfield and we will get battered, could be 5-6 at least, kept Haaland my FPL captain! He needs to change it up, it is not working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilS Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 I have placed a £1.50 bet on for 1+ goals in each half for Us, 3+ corners in each half for Us and Man City 1+ cards in each half at 250-1. That is £1.50 that I will never see again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLARETANDBLUEFOXY Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 If Konsa is on that team sheet tomorrow I’ll be the one you see crying into my burger outside Smokey Joes by the club shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 2, 2022 Moderator Share Posted September 2, 2022 Our best stat so far this season is that we're currently joint 5th best for home goals conceded with 2. Yeah ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django_Zooms Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 How do coaches plan to stop Haaland? Considering that he scores mainly from finding the gap between defenders, how about 3 centre backs with one man-marking him? Asking for a friend, because Chambers/ Bednareck & Konsa & Mings would eff that up completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bose Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Pep vs Gerrard. It's like some sort of abuse. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chap of Steel Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 May be a good week to triple captain Haaland. Not looking forward to this, even if we were pretty decent in this fixture last season. How times change... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Here’s what I think will loosely happen, we’ll try and ruff them up in the first 5/10 minutes. McGinn, Mings or Cash will take a booking in that frenetic opening minutes, the crowd will be loud, behind the team and moaning at the ref. Approx 15 minutes in we’ll concede the first goal from City’s pretty much first real attack. It’ll be a calamitous defensive error or fortuitous deflection. A few crowd noises will then be heard of “Gerrard Out”. We’ll then be all over the place for 30 minutes and they’ll look to score two or three more before halftime. However, we’ll somehow hold out. Last ditch tackles and some poor finishing let us off the hook. The whistle will blow for halftime and the booing will be a little louder. The same eleven that started will return and again for 5 minutes we’ll look ok, maybe even gain a corner, and the Holte End will be on their feet, but wait? Our corner kick specialist is on the bench, damn it. It comes to nothing. City then grab a second from a swift break and our heads drop. City make three changes but the quality of their game doesn’t drop. Gerrard will ponder a change or two and on 60 minutes he’s decisive by bringing on Ings, Luiz and possibly Buendia. The crowd start singing “you don’t know what you’re doing”. City score again and very quickly another. 4-0 down with 15 minutes to play, then whoever took our first booking of the day for us will make a “I’ve had enough” challenge and get sent off, with a second yellow. The crowd become hostile and our dugout are getting absolute pelters from the fans behind. Gerrard sits looking pensive and is ready to say “it’s on me”. City score a fifth in the dying moments and that’s it. Game over. All in all a pretty miserable day. Gerrard will say the usual nonsense about the gulf in quality but that he’ll work tirelessly to put it right during the week ahead. It won’t be far off this I reckon. UTV 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 This is probably the first game for a long while I really genuinely don't really want to go to at Villa Park. It just a time rich and expensive way of feeling miserable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 The only thing I can see in our favour is if Man $ity send over their womens team,we might be able to scrape a draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuwabatake Sanjuro Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 2 hours ago, Nigel said: Cant imagine haaland getting anything out of his battle with konsa! Konsa is our only centre back who has a chance to live with him for pace, won't be able for his strength however. Chambers and Bednarek have no chance in either department. We are doomed no matter what. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLARETANDBLUEFOXY Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 I reckon for those of us attending this game, we should definitely get an extra 20000 reward points on our memberships after we witness Villa lose 80-0 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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